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The climate crisis has its center in Colorado River. Water levels are falling, and it threatens the existence of 30 federally recognized tribes, seven states, and Mexico. Daryl Vigil is the water manager for the Jicarilla Apache Nation. He also serves on the Colorado River Water Users Association’s Board of Directors.
Lehuauakea is a multimedia artist and Kapa maker from Pāpaʻikou on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Kapa is a traditional cloth made of natural dyes and trees. Lehua is adding new patterns to the traditional fiber making process. Lehuauakea is a representative of a new generation artisans and wants to preserve centuries-old traditions.
Liz Grey, Muskogee Media’s special correspondent, reports in “At the Crossroads.” The Muscogee (Creek nation) is strong in agriculture. A meat processing plant was funded by the CARES Act. Ranching is a long-standing tradition.
Free Press is central to democracy and when it’s threatened by government actions, Rebecca Landsberry-Baker wants you to know more. The Muscogee (Creek) citizen is part of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and a 2022 NBC Original Voices Fellow.
Albert Barnes, a New Mexican immigrant, left Philadelphia nearly 100 years ago to visit New Mexico. He fell in love and adored the culture and art of Pueblo and Navajo. And now, for the first time, his collection of Native art is being featured in the exhibit called “Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in Community.” ICT’s Patty Talahongva reports.
Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in recognition of the contributions of 180 scientists, writers, scholars, artists, and others from 51 disciplines. Cannupa Hanska Lüger is one of them. He is a citizen in the Three Affiliated Tribes Fort Berthold. Making his home in New Mexico, after he studied at the Institute of American Indian Art, his work is as bold as the state’s landscape. Creativity is in his blood.
- Earth Day is celebrated all over the world, but what about the real work being done to save the planet’s environment?
- Judi Gaiashkibos is making history with a hall-of-fame honoring.
- Stewart Huntington examines local efforts to include Indigenous ideas in the culture of Aspen.
- Wednesday night marked the iconic Merrie Monarch Festival on the big island of Hawai’i.
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